Senior Network & Email Security Engineer Saudi National
Listed on 2026-06-12
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IT/Tech
Cybersecurity, IT Support, Systems Engineer
Overview
Senior Network & Email Security Engineer (5+ years) — Saudi National
ResponsibilitiesOperational Ownership (Network)
Daily health checks for NGFW clusters, threat/content updates, license/status, HA sync/state.
Rulebase hygiene: reduce unused/overlapping rules, enforce least privilege, maintain application-based policies, validate security profiles (AV/IPS/URL filtering).
Remote access posture (e.g., Global Protect or equivalent): portal/gateway policies, MFA integration with IAM team, and user experience SLAs.
Traffic troubleshooting: ACC/log analysis, PCAPs, policy simulation; coordinate fixes with platform owners.
Operational Ownership (Email Security)
Inbound/outbound policy tuning; phishing/BEC controls and executive spoof protection.
URL and attachment sandboxing effectiveness; manage quarantine queues and approval flows.
Partner with Messaging team on SPF/DKIM/DMARC alignment; monitor sending reputation and delivery health.
Provide user-facing guidance (digests, safe release, false positive/negative handling).
Incident Response & Threat Handling
Lead P1 incidents across perimeter/email; coordinate with SOC (SIEM alerts, playbooks).
Rapid containment (block rules, URL detonation verdicts, sender throttling), evidence capture, and RCA with corrective actions.
Prepare CAB-ready change plans (impact, test, rollback) for signature/content updates, firmware upgrades, and policy changes.
Post-change validation and documentation.
Compliance & Evidence
Update logs, quarantine reports, incident timelines, and monthly posture reviews.
Familiarity with SAMA & NCA CSF audit and regulations requirements.
Support internal/external audits with traceable evidence.
Documentation & KT
Own runbooks/SOPs (policy hygiene, incident triage, quarantine workflows, upgrade steps).
Saudi National; 5+ years in enterprise network and email security operations.
Hands-on with NGFWs (preferably Palo Alto) and a major Secure Email Gateway (e.g., Proofpoint).
Strong change/incident management discipline; clear written reports in English (Arabic a plus).
Comfortable with packet analysis, SSL decryption concepts, and mail flow basics with messaging teams.
Banking/regulated-sector experience.
Experience integrating controls with SIEM/SOAR.
NGFW: rulebase cleanup achieved; 100% Internet-bound policies; HA stability with zero unscheduled failovers.
VPN: user connectivity SLA met; MFA posture validated; incident MTTR ≤ agreed SLA.
Email: measurable drop in false negatives for phishing/BEC; quarantine SLA adherence; monthly evidence packs accepted in internal pre-audit.
On-site at Client’s Premises (Riyadh), Sun–Thu; on-call for P1s/changes.
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